Goodbye Morocco

A film by Nadir Moknèche

Goodbye Morocco

A film by Nadir Moknèche

With

Lubna Azabal, Rasha Bukvic, Faouzi Bensaïdi, Grégory Gadebois, Anne Coesens, Ralph Amoussou

Releases 13/02/2013 21/11/2012 Doha Tribeca Film Festival French Distribution

Les Films du Losange

International Sales

Les Films du Losange

Synopsis

Single mother Dounia lives with a Serbian architect in Tangiers—a scandalous relationship in the eyes of her Moroccan family. The couple supervises a construction project, where earthmovers uncover 4th century Christian tombs decorated with ornate frescoes. Dounia embarks on a lucrative but illegal trade in the hope of making some quick money so she can leave Morocco with her son and her lover. But one of the construction workers disappears…

Genre

Drama

Awards & Festivals

Special Mention in Narrative Feature category, Doha Tribeca Film Festival, 2012

Press & Media

DOHA TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL REVIEW Goodbye Morocco is a generally classy and timely piece of work — Hollywood Reporter Nov 23rd 2012, Stephen Dalton

A film noir set in contempo Tangier, written and smoothly helmed by Nadir Mokneche — Variety Nov 28th, 2012 – Alissa Simon

An impressively steamy and complex mystery thriller — Screen International Nov 29th 2012, Mark Adams

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Information

Producers

Blue Monday Productions, France 2 Cinéma, Rhône-Alpes Cinéma, Need Productions

Participations

France Télévisions, Ciné +, Centre National de la Cinématographie et de l’Image Animée, Région Rhône-Alpes

Support

Tax Shelter du Gouvernement Fédéral Belge, Programme Média de l’Union Européenne, Procirep-Angoa-Agicoa, Cofinova Développement

Nationalities

French, Belgium

French Distribution

Les Films du Losange

International Sales

Les Films du Losange

Year of production

2012

Screenplay

Nadir Moknèche

Image

Hélène Louvart

Sound

Marc Engels

Editing

Stéphanie Mahet, Olivier Gourlay

Sets Design

Johann George

Costumes

Bethsabée Dreyfus

Duration

1h42

Visa

120 304

Audio Format

Dolby SRD